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To: TimF who wrote (452760)	1/31/2009 3:38:58 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576346

Although it is used by less than 2 percent of overall passengers and less than 5 percent of commuters , transit has been receiving a little more than 20 percent of federal surface transportation spending, mostly from the trust fund. Under proposals now before Congress, transit’s spending share will rise to almost 22 percent of federal transportation spending, despite continued loss in market share. As noted in Table 3, the allocation of federal transit spending is even more inequitable than that for highways. In part, this reflects the concentration of transit riders in only a few parts of the country. In 2000, 75 percent of transit ridership took place in just seven metropolitan areas.[5] Did you know there is a bill afoot in Congress that will require Republicans to go to work on buses?